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Tyler Ennis, whose 700-game NHL career included a lengthy tenure with the Buffalo Sabres and multiple stints with the Ottawa Senators, announced his retirement from professional hockey on Tuesday.

Ennis followed a standout junior career with the WHL’s Medicine Hat Tigers by playing parts of 13 NHL seasons with the Sabres, Minnesota Wild, Toronto Maple Leafs, Edmonton Oilers, and Senators, collecting 144 goals and 346 points. He also amassed four goals and 12 points in 24 playoff contests.

“I want to begin by thanking the organizations I was fortunate enough to play for, especially the incredible equipment managers, medical teams, coaches, trainers, and all of the staff that made going to the rink every day so special,” Ennis wrote in an Instagram post on Tuesday. “To my teammates, it was a privilege being with you all and I’m honored to share our life-long brotherhood.”

Ennis, 34, appeared in parts of eight seasons with the Sabres to begin his NHL career, helping the club reach the Stanley Cup Playoffs in 2010 and 2011 (still, to date, Buffalo’s most recent postseason appearances).

The No. 26 overall pick in the 2008 NHL Draft, Ennis reached the 20-goal mark three times during his tenure with the Sabres. The Edmonton, Alberta product overcame the deficiencies presented by his 5’9″, 160-pound frame to become a consistently effective middle-six forward at the NHL level for more than a decade.

In 2017, as they recovered from the nadir of their ongoing rebuild process, the Sabres traded Ennis, Marcus Foligno, and a third-round pick to the Wild in exchange for Jason Pominville, Marco Scandella, and a fourth-round pick. The Wild elected to exercise a buyout on Ennis after just one season.